The Renton Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.63278, -117.18889
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Renton Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Renton Copper Prospect
Secondary: Trenton Canyon Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES IN HORNFELS AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE BATTLE FORMATION IN THE CONTACT AUREOLE OF GRANODIORITE IN TRENTON CANYON. SIZE & GRADE OF ORE BODIES UNDETERMINED AS OF 1950'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 1 MILE N. OF HEAD OF TRENTON CANYON
Comment (Deposit): COPPER OXIDE AND CARBONATE MINERALS PRESENT NEAR IGNEOUS CONTACT
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): SEVERAL LENTICULAR BODIES CONTAINING COPPER ORE MINERALS DISCOVERED
Comment (Names): The site name "Renton" is likely a typographical error given the location in Trenton Canyon.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
